January 21st, 1987

Born on January 21st, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 398 days, exactly on May 21st, 2025, people who were born on January 21st, 1987 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2023

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

January 21st, 2005

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Born on January 21st, 1987

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

37

Shaun Keeling

South African rower

*January 21st, 1987, Krugersdorp

37

Brandon Crawford

American baseball player

*January 21st, 1987, Mountain View

37

Maša Zec Peškirič

Slovenian tennis player

*January 21st, 1987, Jesenice

37

Dominik Roels

Road bicycle racer

*January 21st, 1987, Cologne

37

Darren Helm

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 21st, 1987, Winnipeg

37

Will Johnson

Canadian soccer player

*January 21st, 1987, Toronto

37

Oskars Bārtulis

Latvian ice hockey player

*January 21st, 1987, Ogre

37

Danny Munyau

Zambian footballer

*January 21st, 1987, Zambia

37

Pablo Caballero González

Uruguayan footballer

*January 21st, 1987, Minas

37

Jamel Saihi

Tunisian and French association football player

*January 21st, 1987, Montpellier

37

Lachlan Norris

Australian cyclist

*January 21st, 1987, Kalgoorlie

37

Aida Hadzialic

Swedish politician

*January 21st, 1987, Foča

37

Andrei Cojocari

Moldovan footballer

*January 21st, 1987, Chișinău

37

Yannis Athanasoulas

Greek professional basketball player

*January 21st, 1987, Athens

37

Jeffrey Ballard

Canadian actor and voice actor

*January 21st, 1987, Vancouver

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Who's birthday is on January 21st?

31

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

36

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

25

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

36

Vanessa Hessler

American model

*January 21st, 1988, Rome

35

Matteo Pelucchi

Italian road and track cyclist

*January 21st, 1989, Giussano

34

Sushant Singh Rajput

Indian actor (1986-2020)

*January 21st, 1986, Patna †June 14th, 2020, Bandra

35

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Armenian association football player

*January 21st, 1989, Yerevan

52

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

36

Merle Wasmuth

German film actor and stage actor

*January 21st, 1988, Manado City

30

Amin Affane

Swedish footballer

*January 21st, 1994, Gothenburg

32

Sven Erik Bystrøm

Norwegian racing cyclist

*January 21st, 1992, Haugesund Municipality

40

Wes Morgan

Jamaican association football player (born 1984)

*January 21st, 1984, Nottingham

36

Ashton Eaton

American decathlete

*January 21st, 1988, Portland

26

Adrian Sellevoll

Norwegian artist

*January 21st, 1998, Bergen

62

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

19

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

68

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

65

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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